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How the doctor and lawyer cartel make the cost of living worse

One idea to boost competition is to remove the power of industry incumbents. Two prime examples are the self-appointed “gatekeepers” in medicine...

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John Kehoe

Australia’s energy challenge could kill AI data centre gold rush

AI’s insatiable appetite for electricity and thirst for water could strain the grid, raise emissions and power bills and slow down decarbonisation...

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The Afr View

Inflation shock increases risk of interest rate hike

It now seems increasingly plausible that the next move in interest rates could just as well be up, as down.

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John Kehoe

The ‘i’ word Pauline Hanson fears more than immigration

No matter the short-term poll impact of her latest bout of juvenile theatrics, it’s unlikely that One Nation will be able to replicate the success...

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Lidija Ivanovski

These numbers are a federal treasurer’s nightmare

Jim Chalmers and Michele Bullock got a nasty shock in the latest figures showing inflation is moving in the wrong direction. Who will the public...

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Jennifer Hewett

Australia’s productivity revival starts with a laptop, not a bulldozer

Australia must take a few big moves. That includes lifting basic digital literacy in schools so every student meets the standard, and a national...

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Robin Khuda

China wants in on 6G build, says Beijing’s man in Australia

China’s plan calls for building a modernised industrial system, consolidating and enhancing the competitiveness of the country’s traditional...

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Xiao Qian

Media regulator needs nuanced powers to rein in Kyle and Jackie O

ACMA’s only two options shouldn’t be cancelling a licence altogether or toothlessly declaring a breach.

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Floyd Alexander-Hunt

James Packer has a point about government’s gambling hypocrisy

Crooks have benefited by being able to wash their ill-gotten gains in thousands of less-scrutinised venues compared with the bright lights of high-...

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The Afr View

Smelters become a test case for bailouts

Operators argue they need government assistance and new industrial policy to remain viable. The rules have changed but how much is too much to keep...

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Jennifer Hewett

The Senate’s CGT inquiry is really about hiking your taxes

A large reduction in the capital gains tax discount would eventually hurt the budget not help it, and reduce business investment, productivity and...

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Richard Holden

Hanson’s burqa antics dodges hard questions on multiculturalism

We should be having a mature discussion about secular governance and religious diversity, but our discourse has only become more heated, polarised...

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Peter Kurti

The black widows chasing ‘coffin money’ in Putin’s war

In an emerging cottage industry, women are tricking soldiers into marriage to get death payouts. It is predatory opportunism exacerbated by the...

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Alexey Kovalev

One of the AI giants will lose (huge). But investors don’t need to

As long as you’re not betting on one particular company or one particular debt offering, relax and enjoy the ride.

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Richard Holden

CEOs are having pay docked. They still may be getting off lightly

ASX boards are responding to pressure from regulators and investors to make executives accountable for failures in risk management. But is it enough?

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Tony Boyd

Big super’s ESG failure on Russian oil

Members that have opted for so-called “ethical” funds would be right to switch to other providers and expect regulators to ramp up their scrutiny.

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The Afr View

Super losses throw up a world of pain

No one likes losing money due to investments that turned out to be high risk or even fraudulent. But who’s to blame and who should pay?

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Jennifer Hewett

Lawyers at fault for Australia’s regulatory red tape burden

At the risk of being disowned by the legal community, it is worth highlighting that external legal spending by firms has tripled since 2010.

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Mark Rigotti

Michele Bullock is repeating Philip Lowe’s RBA inflation failure

For nearly a decade the RBA has declared its devotion to the inflation target while repeatedly postponing the hard actions required to reach it.

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John Simon

Not just the Ashes: Why Australia and the UK are drifting apart

Even the cricket showdown, which runs until January, will expose the divergence of the two countries. And it’s not just the tactical contrast on...

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Janan Ganesh

Two warnings for Labor to restore productivity summit momentum

The frequency of alarm bells being sounded should alert Labor to the critical need to make a fair dinkum productivity agenda its priority in the...

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The Afr View

AI and rate cuts will power global markets in 2026

A combination of AI innovation, fiscal stimulus, and easing monetary policy will likely propel global markets next year.

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Andrew Mcauley

COP30 escaped echo chamber despite Trump no-show

Despite criticisms of inefficacy and irrelevance, COP30 did make important headway in bringing a much-needed dose of realism to negotiations and...

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Taylah Bland

The White House Ukraine plan should be rejected

What President Donald Trump is demanding amounts to the enforced capitulation of Ukraine for gain and profit, the blueprint for a modern Molotov-...

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Marc Champion